Saturday, November 19, 2011

Cornish Heritage Farms Grand Opening Blog Hop!

Welcome!  I'm so excited to be part of the Cornish Heritage Farms Grand Re-Opening!   Today I'm playing with some of the fabulous new digital images available on the Cornish Heritage Farms online site.  For my Thanksgiving card, I've mixed it up a bit and printed a background image (Fall Harvest) onto some patterned paper, the sentiment onto cream cardstock, and the Boy with Pumpkin onto white cardstock.  I colored the boy with Copics, cut him out, and adhered him into the center of the background scene.  A bit of distressing, a felt leaf, and some pleated paper strips finish it off.


Next up, I decided to play with a few of the cute Pumpkin images - I think they're just perfect for place cards for the table.  I layered them with some felt leaves and a few coordinating buttons.  The whole little embellishment sits atop a place card made from corrugated cardboard.  Now, so that I don't have to do this all over again next year, I made sure to stick the names on with just a little temporary adhesive - that way I can change them out, depending on who's at the table next year. ;)


I love playing with this series of vintage palace images (you can see the first one - Palace #2 - in my previous blog post).  As before, I printed out Palace #1 on a subtly patterned Prima script paper and colored with Prismacolor pencils.  I changed up the color scheme this time, but the idea is still the same, using Graphic 45 patterned papers, a rose diecut, and a tiny crown bottlecap.


Thanks for visiting and having a peek at some of the over 500 digital images now available on the Cornish Heritage Farms website.  And for those of you who love rubber (like me!), over the coming weeks there will also be a special rubber stamp section on the website, too - featuring some old favorites like The Rummage Bin, Thomas Kinkade, and the wonderful backgrounders!

So, want a chance to win a Cornish Heritage Farms gift certificate? Just visit each of our blog hop sites (see the list below). Leave a comment on each site before you hop to the next site.  Each DT member will randomly draw a name from the comments left in the first 24 hours of the hop.  That means you have 8 different chances of winning!

Good luck and Happy Hopping!


Jean Franks Beck - (that's me!)


96 comments:

Holly said...

Jean!!! So good to team up with you again!! Love your projects today. That castle is gorgeous with your soft coloring and those yummy papers!

StampOwl said...

these are absolutely gorgeous Jean

Kristen said...

Wow. I love what you did with the CHF images!

postalorphan said...

Love love love that vintage palace image! Your cards are gorgeous. I'm slowly coming around to these digi's.

Chrissy D said...

LOVELY - absolutely wonderful! TFS!

Kittie said...

YOur cards are gorgeous. I lvoe the Thanksgiving images.

Create It Simply said...

Those place cards are super cute! TFS :)

Gayle said...

Love those name cards, Jean as well as your other samples.

Unknown said...

Love those place cards...got me thinking about the Thanksgiving table...thanks for the inspiration!

Toni

Blondie said...

Name cards are great! Will have to case for the holiday table. And I like the palace images too since I have been working on some Europe scrapbooking pages. Welcome back!

Linda Beeson said...

I love these, they are really wonderful.

SherylH said...

Wonderful cards -- I really like the harvest scene with the background left as only the black outline. And I didn't know that CHF had images like the Palace series -- must go do more browsing!

Kelley said...

Your Thanksgiving card is wonderful. The leaf is perfect.

Your place cards are adorable. The buttons are a great touch.

Robin said...

Love the vintage look, just gorgeous.

Unknown said...

Wow! That palace card is amazing!!

Darlene Gabriel said...

This is a great "digital" card. Thanks for showing us the possibilities. I haven't ventured into the digital stamps area yet but I'm thinking maybe you will convince me. This boy is so cute and I like the way you placed him on the scene. Love the checkered paper and your scrunched ribbon. Love those placecards - great ides to make them "changeable".

Melissa E. said...

Oooh, the place cards are so cute!

Kris Chirhart said...

Beautiful projects! I love the placecards!!

Nancy M said...

OMGosh, I'm loving the long-ago, vintage look of these works!! So pretty!! TFS

Sherry said...

gorgeous card and cute palce cards!!

Pat Moore said...

Love your blog samples.

stampershirley said...

Love the way you created your Thanksgiving scene ... as well as your other projects too! Gotta CASE your place cards for sure

Chris said...

I like your place cards for Thanksgiving. Your winter scene card looks very vintage I love it!

Gwen said...

Hooray! Stopping by for the Blog Hop!

Shelly Schmidt said...

Beautiful cards- love the palace card and the vintage scene- great seeing the cards printed on DSP.

Lisa Somerville said...

Wonderful cards and place cards! Love the papers!

CraftinGranny said...

Those place cards are so cute and perfect for a formal Thanksgiving dinner. Beautiful vintage card. "Hugs"

Jan Castle said...

Wonderful projects!!!

MapleBlondie said...

These images & more so these cards are rapidly warming me up to the whole "Digi" thing...
Truly stunning... thank you.

LeAnne said...

You KNOW I love anything you do, and of course, your first little vintage card is just the sweetest!!!

Susie's Art & Creativity said...

So, so, so cute. I love the little ones with the buttons.

Debra said...

Love the palace card! Very pretty!

Lisa Lynne said...

These are really lovely cards - I like the nostalgic feel of the images! And welcome back to CHF!

trisha too said...

Jean, such a cute Thanksgiving card, and the place cards are delightful, but the palace card is just gorgeous!

:)

Heather B said...

Wow!! Gorgeous projects!! I love those place cards. And the palace images....so elegant!!

Nurse Kat (Kathy H.) said...

Glad to know that I'm not the only rubber stamp dinosaur around-LOL. I love the place cards and the effortless look of the buttons (I love buttons but I always over think them) I'll definitely need to look into the palace stamps. Thank you for sharing.

Lisa Silver said...

Gorgeous projects! It's wonderful to be working with you again! hugs

Deb said...

love the thanksgiving card, using the boy, is an old favorite of mine and the place cards. what a lovely addition these would make to the Holiday table

Katherine said...

Really LOVE those vintage images. The cards are beautiful. Just makes me want to run in and make a card right now! So glad CHF is back.

Becky Dunham said...

Wow Jean! I love all of your projects. CHF is new to me and I am loving all these fabulous designs! I am definitely going to be doing some shopping! These castle images blow me away :) Thanks for sharing!

rebeccadunham at hotmail dot com

Bev Gerard said...

Gorgeous cards! I'm "taken" with that palace! Beautifully done indeed! Welcome back to CHF!

~Bev

Debbie W said...

Love your projects, especially the palace card.

Dina Kowal Creative said...

Oh my goodness, I love your soft coloring on the castle! Thanks so much for the chance to win - this image was on my list! Dina

Deb Neerman said...

LOVE these images ... and your beautiful creations!

Anonymous said...

Love your cards. It's great to read how your reluctance to digital stamps was won over after using them. Makes me want to try them. :)

Debbie Harris said...

Lovely cards and digi stamps!

Catrick said...

Beautiful....so typical CHF!

Cathy

Mary C. said...

Really great designs! Thanks for sharing!

Sandy said...

Just WOW!

Carole said...

The thanksgiving place settings are adorable ! Love the palace's too x

Sue VanDeVusse said...

Those place cards are adorable, love the corraged backgrounds.

luvhymns said...

Nice vintage cards. I just finished reading a series by Patrick Taylor set in the 30's to 60's in Ireland. You're cards are the pictures portrayed in my mind from the books. Happy re-opening CHF!!!!

Deloris said...

Love the vintage look!

Nadelmarie said...

wonderful cards Maria

Alex said...

Love your place setting cards, they are super.

Suzanne said...

Your Thanksgiving card is amazing!

Chrisd said...

What wonderful images from CHF! Your projects are truly lovely and I am looking forward to seeing much more on the hop.

Joan V said...

Love how you created the scene with all the digi's. The place cards are so cute, too. Thanks for sharing.

RitaR said...

This is my first visit to your blog .... love what you've done with the CHF digis. I especially like the place cards you created (aren't you clever to use temporary adhesive so the cards can be re-used next year)!

Rita R

Lynne Moncrieff said...

Congratulations Jean!
Your first card has what I associate with you, beautiful nostalgic image as the focal of a card representing days gone by.
The palace card is so elegant.
Beautiful creations.
Wishes
Lynne

Dawn said...

fabulous samples!! love the placecard idea!!

Sugar Lump Studios said...

oh that card and darling place cards are just the cutest! What wonderful Thanksgiving art you have created! I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Playing with Paper said...

Love your cards!! That palace card is so pretty. And those place cards are really cute.

Jessica said...

OMGosh! Love that image! Beautiful card! TFS

stampqueen said...

WOW you have been busy - Love the placecards - may have to do some this year...and both your cards are great. I have always loved the CHF castle images!!

Suzy said...

Wow, glad I found your blog! I'm in NC too and we seem to have a lot of talented people here! ;) Love your cards and creative talent! Thanks for participating in the bloghop.

Nancy said...

Wow...all gorgeous creations! Love that palace image!

creativearts said...

Your projects are beautiful! I love the way you colored the card!

My name is Erika. said...

You always make such beautiful cards and you did another fantastic job putting those 2 images together. Love how it came out. I was looking at the boy with pumpkin image...now I need to check out the background too.

Maureen R said...

Beautiful work! I read your comment about dragging your feet on digital stamping, me too!! ROFL!
Hugs!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Fabulous projects Jean. Love the digi images, especially the vintage palace! The coloring is so pretty!

Bonita said...

Great cards, esp like the vintage castle. Thanks

Jennifer Scull said...

each one of your projects is simply amazing! so glad CHF is back and with digis, too! :)

lynnl said...

Love CHF and your vintage projects!! Lynn L

Christine said...

Nicely done. Curious. What medium do you use for your coloring?

Christine said...

Never mind...I found it. However, if you ask me, you did an awesome job with the coloring. It almost look as if you'd use another type of medium, especially when I look at your CHF village scene. Whahoo.

sreynolds999 said...

Love your cards. They are beautiful.

Karen said...

I love the Thanksgiving theme. The card is so lovely and the place cards are great!

Susie said...

Lovely, lovely work. Your place cards are awesome. Love the crimping.

Ann said...

Wow! Absolutely georgous!!! TFS bam7462atgmaildotcom

Teri C said...

Breathtaking work!

Kim Marie said...

WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL!! Fabulous sketches and awesome colors (and coloring!!) The boy and pumpkin has always been one of my favorite images :)
Thanks for sharing!
Kim Marie

JKB said...

Wonderful ideas for your projects!

janey said...

Wonderful... I especially enjoyed your place cards.

Queen Mary said...

Oh my gosh, these are great! I'm so excited CHF is open again!

Unknown said...

WOW!! Those images are great.. I definitely need to get over and take a look..

Hugs, Linda

Wendy Zick said...

Love the vintage look of your cards!

Steelydawn said...

Gorgeous cards! You bring the digi stamps to life!
Linda Jones

Trisha said...

Your cards are so incredible. They are true pieces of art. Really love the boy with pumpkin. What detailed digi stamps. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com

Gail S said...

Hi--I just love the idea of using corrugated cardboard!

Carol said...

Wonderful projects, I love the colors and the design!

Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

Anonymous said...

Your Thanksgiving card is just perfect! Congrats on being back on the CHF team!

Anonymous said...

Love all the projects but I really like the little place cards the most. Just too cute! Thanks for sharing them.

Chris R. from Iowa
ckrobinson01@hotmail.com

Tanja said...

Lovely cards, I love the vintage feel of the thanksgiving card.

2amscrapper said...

beautiful projects!

Vada said...

Oh My Goodness Jean, Your artwork is just outstanding...
I too am a big fan of CHF. But I'm stuck on Rubber.
TFS. Hugs Vada